More than 50 drug enforcement officials crept through the compound and surrounded the methamphetamine lab hidden by overgrown jungle behind the property. Instead, it was probably destined for South Africa and Asia, investigators said. Drug trafficking is nothing new to Nigeria, which has long been a transit point for cocaine and heroin going to Europe and North America. With vast quantities of chemicals entering the country, porous borders and corrupt law enforcement, Nigeria is an ideal place to produce the drug. Church massacreReliable data on meth production in Nigeria is hard to come by and seizures are small compared with global giants Mexico and Myanmar.

Source: News 24 December 20, 2018 15:00 UTC